Asura Cryin'

[Kraco]

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"The main character, Natsume Tomoharu, takes the opportunity to live on his own when he enters high school. Although he appears to be a normal high school student at first glance, there is one thing about him which isn't normal. He's haunted by the ghost of a young girl, Minakami Misao.

Tomoharu moves to his new place of residence, Meioutei, and starts enjoying a carefree high school life. But this is all ruined when a beautiful girl named Kurosaki Shuri appears with a trunk which Tomoharu's brother told her to pass on to Tomoharu. Because Tomoharu is in possession of the trunk, he will come face to face with the the hidden truth of this world." -Anime Bread/akibanana (adapted)

Official (http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/asura/)
AniDB (http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=6374)
ANN (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10380)

Episode 1 - AoT (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=57389)


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The first episode didn't really offer a load of answers but enough to give at least the second episode a chance. It seems like a mix of magic/mystery/mecha, possibly with some religious elements (though that doesn't mean much in anime). Hard to say too much about the characters yet. The main character did indicate some reluctance to fight, but I'm still hopeful. I'm not overly fond of "invisible friends" in general, and scenes where characters embarrass themselves by seemingly talking to empty air are at the bottom of my list of things to look forward to, but bearing through that shouldn't be impossible.

The graphics were decent enough. No problems with the subs, either.

[RyougaZell]

First episode is a complete mess. Like Kraco... I'll see episode 2 before deciding to keep seeing it or to drop it...

[animus]

That was a complete mess, indeed. But it was quite interesting as well. A lot more interesting than I thought it would be.

[Nadouku]

That was certainly strange, jumping in a quick session. Otherwise, this anime intrigues me.

[Kraco]

Asura machinae:

Episode 2 - AoT (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=59078)

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Edit: The first episode was pretty confusing, and while this second episode wasn't yet much clearer than Nadouku's gender, it was still somewhat more straight-forward. At least the reasons for action were more evident, and the factions have started to take better shape. Still nothing much about the machanisms or the background has been told, but all in due time, I believe. In any case this series has started to look quite interesting. I'll keep watching.

I'm also very happy to have found a series this season with a girl with heterochromia...

[Yukimura]

It has been a while for some good old female heterochromia hasn't it. Anyway, I'm still confused by this show but it seems to have an interesting enough set up. I like the set of character archetypes that have been introduced to so far and that's pretty much all I can ask out of a show like this. So far I've noticed (demon) miko, devoted imouto of crazed antagonist and shady secret organization representative. Also, Misao passing up a perfect opportunity for an overblown tsundere reaction to Tomo and Shuri's sleeping arrangement was a big plus in my book.

[Nadouku]

The first episode was pretty confusing, and while this second episode wasn't yet much clearer than Nadouku's gender, it was still somewhat more straight-forward.

Oh, you! :o

It was somewhat explained about who the hell they were, and what they were after, but I was more interested in the comedy than the real plot of the story. Anywho, something about Kanade interests me, whether she's a demon or related to the "mafia".

A worthy fansubber has appeared! Anime Yoshi has decided to tackle this anime on, so I will scrap AoT and archive Anime Yoshi. Sadly, they will probably be behind, but oh well. :o

[Xelbair]

[Chihiro] Asura Cryin - 03 [1280x720 H.264 AAC][7DC24534] mkv (http://www.mininova.org/get/2517152)

I would join chemistry club as soon as i would seen it. same goes for Dark Society.
and i agree about Nadouku's gender -it is still a mystery.

[Buffalobiian]

What's better, Asura Cryin or Shangri-La?

[Xelbair]

hmm hard to say - they are way different, but i like them the same.
You pay for bandwidth used in Australia right? for me it would be like step backward...
You could have someone dl it for you and send it to you, you would just have pay sending cost. From here it would be bad idea - for priority package to the Australia you would have to pay 103PLN, which is near to 25USD... well that is the price for 1kg(minimum) of DVDs so for some episodes it might be bad idea but for few series who knows. Of course DVDs must have been labeled as vacation photos or something like that to avoid suspicion.

[Nadouku]

Asura Cryin' might be worth looking into if you like the cast of characters (mainly the girls) and the mechas that are brought into the battles. I can't say if Asura Cryin' is better than Shangri-La, but definitely give it a try.

[Buffalobiian]

hmm hard to say - they are way different, but i like them the same.
You pay for bandwidth used in Australia right? for me it would be like step backward...
You could have someone dl it for you and send it to you, you would just have pay sending cost. From here it would be bad idea - for priority package to the Australia you would have to pay 103PLN, which is near to 25USD... well that is the price for 1kg(minimum) of DVDs so for some episodes it might be bad idea but for few series who knows. Of course DVDs must have been labeled as vacation photos or something like that to avoid suspicion.

My friend actually lives in my city, so we just trade HDDs. Suspicion free ;)

Thanks for the answers Xel & Nad. I'll look into it if I have time.

[Xelbair]

Asura Cryin' EP4 - Chihiro (http://www.mininova.org/tor/2543249) new ep

[Nadouku]

Well, I watched episode 3 and 4. Episode 3 was so freaking confusing, but at least it was a good fight, in my opinion. Episode 4 is your standard vacation trip with a lot more wacky humor added to it. Somehow, this anime series is very appealing, despite the confusing animation.

[Kraco]

AniYoshi finally got their act together, at least partly:

Episode 3 - AniYoshi (http://a.scarywater.net/animeyoshi/%5BAniYoshi%5D_Asura_Cryin_-_03_%5BA443C3A4%5D.mkv.torrent)
I personally switched to AniYoshi, but AoT released as well, if somebody's interested:
Episode 3 - AoT (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=61948)



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It was good to see the ghost girl wasn't dead. Though seeing how their bodies are seemingly trapped inside the mechas, it makes perfect sense destroying a projection doesn't actually do that much. Perhaps just some disorientation. It was a pretty funny scene where the dude raised the suitcase to summon the Asura Machine, yet nothing happened. I foresaw it going that way (since the ghost wasn't present), but it was funny nonetheless.

[Xelbair]

after seeing 4th ep i'm thinking about dropping this series. boring.

[Tobydelaroka]

I watched the 1st episode.. :o and I love it. Boobs + Robots = Awesome-o

[Kraco]

Episode 4 - AniYoshi (http://a.scarywater.net/animeyoshi/%5BAniYoshi%5D_Asura_Cryin_-_04_%5B9C0F6866%5D.mkv.torrent)


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The 4th episode certainly didn't make me consider the series too boring to watch. Though it seemed just a bit unlikely the folks are now working for the same man who tried to kill them in the previous episode. I guess bearing a grudge isn't too high on their list of priorities... What the actual meaning of this episode was is another matter. Maybe it was to simply explain what a contract between Tomoharu and the heterochromia girl would mean (it would be interesting see what their "child" would look like).

[Nadouku]

[Anime Yoshi] Asura Cryin' - Episode 5: Download (http://a.scarywater.net/animeyoshi/[AniYoshi]_Asura_Cryin_-_05_[B9DA287A].mkv.torrent)

[Dark Dragon]

Since you guys have been comparing this show plots to Nadouku's gender, it's only appropriate that episode introduce an androgynous character.

I'm gonna make an obvious guess that the Machina at the end is the opposite of Kurogane.

[Nadouku]

Yea, having white armor instead of black, I can probably guess that the name is like "Shirougane" or something similar. :p

The episode was weird, but it is Asura Cryin's charm to induce a largely sophisticated plot. It introduced Shuri's other personality, Yukari, and that Widget battle was laughable. The episode was good, but still confusing, along with the usual fanservices for Shuri fans.

[Kraco]

Yes, it surely was confusing. I needed to check if I had missed one episode when I started to watch this one. I was never any Shuri fan, though, not of her personality or those ridiculous cybernetic weapons, so this episode as such didn't make me that happy. Though it did have some good scenes otherwise. And it was good to see the wussy guy from the previous ep has grown balls and is now deep in shady deals.

[Yukimura]

Asura Cryin' - 06 - [Anikat] (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=torrentinfo&tid=64277)

<3 Shuri

Still no clue what's going on, yet I keep watching with anticipation, must be doing something right.

[Yukimura]

Asura Cryin - 07 [Anikat] (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=65318)

[Nadouku]

That was really interesting to see Shuri fight against Shirogane (can't believe I got the name right), but what was more interesting was the fact that all of them were in that accident together. What a horrid fate to bestow upon the characters!

[Nadouku]

[AniKat] Asura Cryin' - Episode 8: SD (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=66997) | HD (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=66932)
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Natsume and Kanade living together? To top it off, a crazy fall made by Syuri (the name that I'll address her from now on) and... a girl named Nia. Another crazy episode, for sure.

[Nadouku]

[AniKat] Asura Cryin' - Episode 9: SD (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=68403) | HD (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=68402)
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Hmm, Kurogane was really not helpful this time around when he was chained for the time being and unsummoned thereafter. I just wonder how powerful Tomoharu's Asura Cryin' would be if he actually did it with Kanade.

[Nadouku]

[AniKat] Asura Cryin' - Episode 10: SD (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=69620) | HD (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=69617)
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They've got the bad guy on the run! I wonder what the bad guy is really thinking. He wants to separate his Asura Machina, but also doesn't want to truly sacrifice Christina. I don't get that; you can't have one thing without doing another, so is his heart truly prepared to face the worse? At least, Kurogane didn't get the short end in this episode. :p

[Nadouku]

[AniKat] Asura Cryin' - Episode 11: SD (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=70997) | HD (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=70916)
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Funny episode and a relaxing one to boot. Looks like another person has been captivated into Tomoharu's little harem, but at least these recent episodes aren't so confusing as the beginning ones were.

[Nadouku]

[AniKat] Asura Cryin' - Episode 12: SD (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=72112) | HD (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=72027)
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This was a confusing episode at its best. I mean, the bad guy knows Tomoharu's brother! Other than that, looks like a fight for life and death next episode.

[Nadouku]

Finished watching the final episode. At least, they're making a second season during fall just to answer all of the left behind questions presented in season one. Oh well, the final episode was good.

[Yukimura]

Yes thank goodness there's already a second season planned I don't think there's been a single ep that hasn't increased my net confusion over what's going on in this show. That said I like the characters, though they quickly got hard fo me to keep track of. Hopefully the second season will stop introducing more and more people and instead flesh out some of the ones they have already established.

[glitch]

where did you find a subbed version of ep 13? I looked all over and found nothing =/

[Buffalobiian]

where did you find a subbed version of ep 13? I looked all over and found nothing =/

[AniKat] Asura Cryin - 13 [End] [1280x720 H.264 Vorbis][A36444EB] mkv (http://www.mininova.org/tor/2758872)

[glitch]

thank you =D